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XCVIII: “Magnified be Thy name, O Thou in Whose grasp...”

Magnified be Thy name, O Thou in Whose grasp are the
reins of the souls of all them that have recognized
Thee, and in Whose right hand are the destinies of
all that are in heaven and all that are on earth!
Thou doest, through the power of Thy might, what Thou
willest, and ordainest, by an act of Thy volition,
what Thou pleasest. The will of the most resolute
of men is as nothing when compared with the compelling
evidences of Thy will, and the determination of the
most inflexible among Thy creatures is dissipated
before the manifold revelations of Thy purpose.

Thou art He Who, through a word of Thy mouth, hath
so enravished the hearts of Thy chosen ones that they
have, in their love for Thee, detached themselves
from all except Thyself, and laid down their lives
and sacrificed their souls in Thy path, and borne,
for Thy sake, what none of Thy creatures hath borne.

I am one of Thy handmaidens, O my Lord! I have
turned my face towards the habitation of Thy mercy,
and have sought the wonders of Thy manifold favors,
inasmuch as all the members of my body proclaim Thee
to be the All-Bounteous, He Whose grace is immense.

O Thou Whose face is the object of my adoration, Whose
beauty is my sanctuary, Whose court is my goal, Whose
remembrance is my wish, Whose affection is my solace,
Whose love is my begetter, Whose praise is my companion,
Whose nearness is my hope, Whose presence is my greatest
longing and supreme aspiration! Disappoint me
not, I entreat Thee, by withholding from me the things
Thou didst ordain for the chosen ones among Thy handmaidens,
and supply me with the good of this world and of the
world to come.

Thou art, verily, the Lord of creation. No God
is there beside Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most
Bountiful.

XCIX: “Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I pray Thee,...”

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I pray Thee,
by Him Who is the Day-Spring of Thy signs and the
Manifestation of Thy names, and the Treasury of Thine
inspiration, and the Repository of Thy wisdom, to send
upon Thy loved ones that which will enable them to
cleave steadfastly to Thy Cause, and to recognize
Thy unity, and to acknowledge Thy oneness, and to
bear witness to Thy divinity. Raise them up, O
my God, to such heights that they will recognize in
all things the tokens of the power of Him Who is the
Manifestation of Thy most august and all-glorious Self.

Thou art He, O my Lord, Who doeth what He willeth,
and ordaineth what He pleaseth. Every possessor
of power is forlorn before the revelations of Thy
might, and every fountain of honor becomes abject when
confronted by the manifold evidences of Thy great
glory.

I beseech Thee, by Thyself and by whatsoever is of
Thee, to grant that I may help Thy Cause and speak
of Thy praise, and set my heart on the sanctuary of
Thy glory, and detach myself from all that pertaineth
not unto Thee. No God is there beside Thee, the
God of power, the God of glory and wisdom.